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I’ve watched a shockingly large number of noir-based TV shows in the last several months. It must be a current writing trend. And, as someone who finds noir to be generally fun, I’m certainly not complaining. That being said, aside from the fun use of black and white – especially Uhura mentioning that it’s hard […]
Two things are clear by the end of “Curiouser and Curiouser!” First, this new season of Ted Lasso is very much a retread of season one – for good and for ill. We have Ted returning to take over the reins of a team that is floundering in the second tier of English football, with […]
If there was one lesson to be learned from this third season finale of House of the Dragon, it was that karma will eventually come around for you in the end. Not that any of the characters who wield power were either able to learn that lesson or understand it when it was clearly presented […]
Now, that was a fun, albeit pretty light in terms of any real story*, episode. As a fan of Erica Ortegas (Melissa Navia is great and deserves more to do), I’m always happy when the writers remember that she exists and let her take center stage (even if that’s only happened a grand total of […]
Fightland, the new Starz gangland crime drama from Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson (who is executive producing the series following the success of Power on the same network), shares a lot of its DNA with a lot of other stories you’ll have seen before – among them Peaky Blinders, Mobland, and A Thousand Blows. Its bones […]
I was not a fan of season three of Ted Lasso. It was overlong, unfocused, and, somehow, still shockingly rushed at the end. So, when it was announced that the series would be returning after a three-year hiatus – this time, with Ted returning to Richmond to coach their up-and-coming women’s team – I was […]
When a friend asked me how I would describe the fourth season of Ted Lasso, the best description I could come up with – based largely on this season premiere – was a warm hug. Because, considering the polarizing nature of the show’s third season – which I enjoyed at the outset and then was […]
Oh Rhaenyra, you’re in danger, girl. And not just from the newly risen Aegon and Sunfyre, who are now almost certainly on their way to take back what is theirs. You can’t trust Daemon – although, can you really blame him for wanting to protect his daughter (who he couldn’t have cared less about a […]
The interesting trick of Anne Rice’s “The Vampire Lestat” novel is that, after an incredibly successful novel telling the story of Louis, Lestat, Claudia, Armand, and Daniel Malloy from the perspective of Louis (and, in the TV series, Armand as well), we get to see the thoughts of the brash, angry, and so selfish Lestat. […]
Now that’s more like it. What an episode. Easily one of the best in the entire series up to this point. As those who watched AppleTV+’s hit Widow’s Bay this spring know, it’s not easy to craft an effective horror episode. You have to balance legitimate scares – having creepy ghouls walking in the background […]